Information processing apparatus converts a specified color, method for controlling the same, and storage medium

Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes a print unit configured to print print data including a sample of a specific color, a reading unit configured to read a chart printed by the print unit, the chart having arranged therein a patch in the specific color and a plurality of patches that are similar in color to the specific color, a determination unit configured to determine from among the plurality of patches arranged in the read chart that are similar in color to the specific color, a patch in a color that most closely matches the sample of the specific color, and a conversion unit configured to convert the specific color in the print data into the color of the determined patch based on a result of the determination made by the determination unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An information processing apparatus comprising:
 a print unit configured to print print data including a sample of a specific color;   a reading unit configured to read a chart printed by the print unit, the chart having arranged therein a patch in the specific color and a plurality of patches that are similar in color to the specific color;   at least one memory storing a program; and   at least one processor that, upon execution of the stored program, is configured to function as:   a determination unit configured to determine from among the plurality of patches arranged in the read chart that are similar in color to the specific color, a patch in a color that most closely matches the sample of the specific color; and   a conversion unit configured to convert the specific color in the print data into the color of the determined patch based on a result of the determination made by the determination unit.   
     
     
         2 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the determination unit is configured to identify a number allocated to the patch in the color that most closely matches the sample of the specific color. 
     
     
         3 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein the conversion unit is configured to convert the specific color in the print data into the color of the determined patch based on the number that is allocated to the determined patch and that is identified by the determination unit. 
     
     
         4 . The information processing apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the sample of the specific color is a print product printed by the print unit. 
     
     
         5 . A method of controlling an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
 reading a chart including a print product that includes a sample of a specific color, a patch in the specific color, and a plurality of patches that are similar in color to the specific color;   determining from among the plurality of patches arranged in the read chart that are similar in color to the specific color, a patch in a color that most closely matches the sample of the specific color; and   converting the specific color into the color of the determined patch based on a result of the determination.   
     
     
         6 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores a program causing an information processing apparatus to execute a control method, the method comprising:
 reading a chart including a print product that includes a sample of a specific color, a patch in the specific color, and a plurality of patches that are similar in color to the specific color;   determining from among the plurality of patches arranged in the read chart that are similar in color to the specific color, a patch in a color that most closely matches the sample of the specific color; and   converting the specific color into the color of the determined patch based on a result of the determination.